North Dakota Code 39-04-19 – Motor vehicle registration fees and mile tax
Motor vehicles required to pay registration fees or a mile tax shall pay the following fees:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 39-04-19
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
1. Nonresidents electing to pay mile tax in lieu of registration, when authorized to do so by the department, shall pay a fee of twenty dollars for a trip permit which is valid for a period of seventy-two hours. All fees collected under the provisions of this subsection must be credited to the state highway fund.
2. Motor vehicles required to be registered in this state must be furnished license plates upon the payment of the following annual fees; however, if a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or trailer, first becomes subject to registration other than at the beginning of the registration period, such fees must be prorated on a monthly basis. The minimum fee charged hereunder must be five dollars:
a. Passenger motor vehicles:
YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th and Gross 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th and 12th Subsequent Weights and 6th Years Years Years Years Less than 3,200 $73 $65 $57 $49 3,200 – 4,499 93 81 69 57 4,500 – 4,999 111 94 79 63 5,000 – 5,999 142 120 98 76 6,000 – 6,999 175 146 117 89 7,000 – 7,999 208 172 137 102 8,000 – 8,999 241 199 157 115 9,000 and over 274 225 177 128 A house car is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles under this subdivision modified by using the weight applicable to a vehicle whose weight is forty percent of that of the house car, but not using a weight of less than four thousand pounds [1814.35 kilograms].
A pickup truck is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles under this subdivision by applying the shipping weight of the vehicle to the fee schedule. At a minimum, the registered gross weight displayed on the registration card for a pickup truck must be twice the shipping weight of the vehicle. Unless otherwise exempted by this chapter, the owner of a pickup truck shall request the registered gross weight of the pickup truck be increased to ensure the registered gross weight is sufficient to include the total weight of the vehicle and any load transported on or by the vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, a pickup truck is a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than eleven thousand five hundred pounds [5216.31 kilograms], with an unladen weight of less than eight thousand pounds [3628.74 kilograms], and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding nine feet [2.74 meters] in length.
b. Schoolbuses, buses for hire, buses owned and operated by religious, charitable, or nonprofit organizations and used exclusively for religious, charitable, or other public nonprofit purposes, and trucks or combination trucks and trailers, including commercial and noncommercial trucks, except those trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers which qualify for registration under this subsection or subsection 5:
YEARS REGISTERED 1st 7th 10th 13th 20th and Gross Through Through Through Through Subsequent Weights 6th Years 9th Years 12th Years 19th Years Years Not over 4,000 $71 $58 $53 $50 $49 4,001 – 6,000 76 63 57 51 50 6,001 – 8,000 81 68 61 52 51 8,001 – 10,000 86 73 65 54 53 10,001 – 12,000 91 78 69 56 55 12,001 – 14,000 96 83 73 59 58 14,001 – 16,000 101 88 77 62 61 16,001 – 18,000 106 93 81 64 63 18,001 – 20,000 109 96 83 65 64 YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and Gross 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, and Subsequent Weights and 7th Years 12th Years Years 20,001 – 22,000 $139 $113 $100 22,001 – 26,000 191 161 145 26,001 – 30,000 252 210 188 30,001 – 34,000 318 263 235 34,001 – 38,000 379 312 278 38,001 – 42,000 440 361 320 42,001 – 46,000 501 409 363 46,001 – 50,000 562 458 406 50,001 – 54,000 632 516 457 54,001 – 58,000 693 565 500 58,001 – 62,000 755 614 543 62,001 – 66,000 815 662 586 66,001 – 70,000 876 711 628 70,001 – 74,000 937 760 671 74,001 – 78,000 998 809 714 78,001 – 82,000 1,059 858 757 82,001 – 86,000 1,182 963 844 86,001 – 90,000 1,304 1,067 931 90,001 – 94,000 1,426 1,172 1,018 94,001 – 98,000 1,548 1,277 1,106 98,001 – 102,000 1,670 1,381 1,193 102,001 – 105,500 1,792 1,486 1,280 c. Motorcycles, fifteen dollars.
3. Motor vehicles acquired by disabled veterans under the provisions of Public Law 79-663 [38 U.S.C. § 3901] are exempt from the payment of state sales or use tax and, if paid, such veterans are entitled to a refund. This exemption also applies to any passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck not exceeding twenty-six thousand pounds [11793.40 kilograms] registered gross weight but shall apply to no more than two such motor vehicles owned by a disabled veteran at any one time.
4. a. Each trailer, except a semitrailer or farm trailer, required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished registration plates upon the payment of a twenty dollar annual fee. A trailer, semitrailer, or farm trailer not required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished an identification plate upon the payment of a fee of five dollars.
b. A semitrailer or farm trailer required to be registered under this chapter must be furnished:
(1) Permanent registration plates upon the payment of a permanent registration fee of one hundred twenty dollars. The permanent registration is valid until ownership of the semitrailer or farm trailer is transferred, assigned, or if the semitrailer is destroyed or otherwise completely removed from the service of the owner; or
(2) Annual registration upon the payment of a twenty dollar annual fee.
c. Upon the request of a person with a trailer or farm trailer to whom a registration or identification plate is provided under this subsection, the department shall provide a plate of the same size as provided for a motorcycle. The department shall provide notification of this option to the person before the replacement or issuance of the plate.
5. Trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers weighing more than twenty thousand but not more than one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [more than 9071.84 but not more than 47854.00 kilograms] which are used as farm vehicles only, are entitled to registration under the following fee schedule and the provisions of this subsection.
Farm vehicles are considered, for the purpose of this subsection, as trucks or combinations of trucks and trailers weighing more than twenty thousand but not more than one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [more than 9071.84 but not more than 47854.00 kilograms] owned, or leased for at least one year by a bona fide resident farmer who uses the vehicles exclusively for transporting the farmer’s own property or other property on a farm work exchange basis with other farmers between farms and the usual local trading places but not in connection with any commercial retail or wholesale business being conducted from those farms, nor otherwise for hire.
In addition to the penalty provided in section 39-04-41, any person violating this subsection shall license for the entire license period the farm vehicle at the higher commercial vehicle rate in accordance with the weight carried by the farm vehicle at the time of the violation.
YEARS REGISTERED 1st, 2nd, 7th and 9th and 11th and Gross 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th 10th Subsequent Weights and 6th Years Years Years Years 20,001 – 22,000 $111 $97 $83 $65 22,001 – 24,000 116 101 86 67 24,001 – 26,000 124 107 90 69 26,001 – 28,000 135 115 96 73 28,001 – 30,000 144 123 102 77 30,001 – 32,000 159 136 113 86 32,001 – 34,000 169 144 119 90 34,001 – 36,000 179 152 125 94 36,001 – 38,000 189 160 131 98 38,001 – 40,000 199 168 137 102 40,001 – 42,000 209 176 143 106 42,001 – 44,000 219 184 149 110 44,001 – 46,000 229 192 155 114 46,001 – 48,000 239 200 161 118 48,001 – 50,000 249 208 167 122 50,001 – 52,000 269 226 183 136 52,001 – 54,000 279 234 189 140 54,001 – 56,000 289 242 195 144 56,001 – 58,000 299 250 201 148 58,001 – 60,000 309 258 207 152 60,001 – 62,000 319 266 213 156 62,001 – 64,000 329 274 219 160 64,001 – 66,000 339 282 225 164 66,001 – 68,000 349 290 231 168 68,001 – 70,000 359 298 237 172 70,001 – 72,000 369 306 243 176 72,001 – 74,000 379 314 249 180 74,001 – 76,000 389 322 255 184 76,001 – 78,000 399 330 261 188 78,001 – 80,000 409 338 267 192 80,001 – 82,000 419 346 273 196 82,001 – 84,000 429 368 316 272 84,001 – 86,000 449 385 330 284 86,001 – 88,000 469 402 344 296 88,001 – 90,000 489 419 358 308 90,001 – 92,000 509 436 372 320 92,001 – 94,000 529 453 386 332 94,001 – 96,000 549 470 400 344 96,001 – 98,000 569 487 414 356 98,001 – 100,000 589 504 428 368 100,001 – 102,000 609 521 442 380 102,001 – 104,000 629 538 456 392 104,001 – 105,500 649 555 470 404 6. A motor vehicle registered in subsection 5 may be used for custom combining operations by displaying identification issued by the department and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars.